Mears — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was cleaning out impeller and cut top of right hand on barbed wire that was tangled in impeller on 8/6/2015. He administered first aid, thought it was healed. On 8/26/15 went to hospital be...
07/09/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was using a pry bar on log washer and smashed/jammed finger. Sent him to doctor on 7/10/2014 around 7:30 after he reported to work and told of his finger hurting.
09/14/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 68d restricted Employee was working on log washer when his thumb got jammed in the washer
09/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Believe accident happened sometime in the afternoon. Employee believes when he was climbing ladder @ plant site, some of the rust/metal from the ladder fell into his eye. Employee was climbing ladde...
03/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee had been working around plant site #12 and was walking between log washer and pipes. He slipped and fell in a sitting position on his behind/back side.
11/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was working on parts for sand conveyor and smashed right thumb and right hand.Hand was bleeding and employee was in extreme pain. As of now, I do not have the full details of the accident as...
04/30/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was heating a can of soup on one of the engines on the dredge. When employee went to open can, contents of can sprayed on him. It is not know if he vented the can before placing it on the en...
02/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was chaining pipe to bucket of hydraulic excavator, stood up and bumped his head on the bucket, which pushed his head forward hitting lip and front teeth.
03/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was bending down to take sleeve off water pump. Had a burning sensation in his back and fell to the ground.
11/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was climbing onto a piece of equipment in order for him to operate said equipment. Injured shoulder in process.
06/07/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ARTICULATED DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE MISSED A STEP & TWISTED LEFT LEG.